Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42697, David Edgar, Penn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Pearl
Edgar, David
5 426 97
CONTENTS

5.570 Pennsylvania
Capt David Edgar Davy; Penn n privates Davy
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 th of January 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 d of January 1819 and delivered to the Hon. H. Noble, House of Reps. U.S.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819, amo nt $12.64 Semi-annual ending
$12.64
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
330-1821 and 1-1821 Duplicate certificate issued 14 sent to John G. Baker
D. Jan 13 1820

DISTRICT OF Penn a , ss.
On this eighteenth day of January 1819, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County in the the said district, personally appeared David Edgar — — aged 67 years, resident in Bristol Bucks Co — in the said district, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he, the said David Edgar enlisted in Philadelphia — in the state of Pennsylvania — — in the company commanded by Captain John Davis — — of the Ninth Regiment of Pennsylvania commanded by Col. Eagle — he served also under Col. Hampton in the 3 d Regt ; that he continued service in the said corps in the service of the United States until the year 1783 — — , when he was discharged from service in Philadelphia state of Penn a , that he was in the battles of Brandywine Germantown, Stoney Point, Yorktown, Virginia & many others of less note — — and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support ; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. They being as he supposes in the Public Office at Harrisburg
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Wm. Brattle
I, William Brattle Judge, &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said David Edgar — — did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment ; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
I further certify that the above named is very poor having no support but an annuity of $100.00 from the State of Pennsylvania and that he needs the assistance of his country further.
Wm Brattle

I certify that I am well acquainted with William Watts & his signature, and do certify that he is a Judge of the court of common pleas of Pulaski County and that the within is his true signature, and entitled to full credit
Sam Moore M. C.

District of Pennsylvania ss:
On this thirtieth day of June 1820 Personally appeared in open court of Common Pleas holden in Doylestown for the County of Bucks, being a court of record proceeding according to the course of the Common Law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of Amount and keeping a record of its proceedings David Edgar aged sixty nine years resident in Bucks County in said district who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following decla- ration in order to obtain the Provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and of 1 st of May 1820 That he served in the revolutionary war in the company commanded by Captain John Davis in the regiment commanded by Col. Mogdall in the line of the State of Pennsylvania and has obtained a pension under the act of the 18 th of March 1818 his Certificate being numbered 5570. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring my- self within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me. Nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
his David X Edgar mark
I have no pets except my clothing

Daria Eagan
1890
(March 1891)
Cronin

I have no debts due to me
I am indebted in the following sum one Debt of Sixteen dollars.
I am by trade a tanner but by reason of age and infirmities I am not able to pursue that occupation, I have no family residing with me.
Sworn to this 30 th day of June 1820. W m Watts one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of B. C.
his David X Edgar mark
Bucks County ss:
I John Benezet Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bucks do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the said David Edgar has no property. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, on this seventh day of July 1820
John Benezet Proth y

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of David Edgar , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. L. 42,697
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     ✓ 1773 Pvt James Rake Major Brig. Humphreys P.  
Battles engaged in, Brandywine, Germantown, Stony Point, Yorktown. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Phila. at Philadelphia, Penn. Date of application for pension, Jan 14 1919. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Bristol, Bucks Co. Penn. Age at date of application, 67 years.
Remarks: There is no family data on file. The above is the only David Edgar of Bucks Co Penn found on the Rev War Records of the Bureau, and there is no other Edgar of Bucks Co Penn found on said records.
(File Jan 15, 1920)
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
125 County of Philadelphia ss.
On this 28 th day of March 1825; before me, the subscriber, Justice of the Peace  Justice of the Peace for the said county  city of Philadelphia personally appeared David Eda who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain John Davis in the regiment commanded by Colonel Howard in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the state of Pennsylvania that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the 5 th day of September 1820, at or near Philadelphia he lost
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid. }
David Eda
Wadsworth
NOTES. The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.

Philadelphia County So.
I, Matthew Randalls, Prothono- tary of the Court of Common Pleas for the city and coun- ty of Philadelphia do certify that Samuel Badger Esquire before whom the within affidavit was made & who has thereto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing and still is an Alderman of the said City duly commissioned & qualified to all whose acts as such will be found credit is and ought to be given as well in courts of justice as elsewhere.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court at Philadelphia the twenty ninth day of April A.D. eighteen hundred & twenty one.
Matthew Randalls Prothonotary
I hereby certify that the within copy is a true copy of the original now on file in my office and that the matter thereof is true to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

free
The Honorable J. C. Calhoun.
City of War
Washington Dist. of Columbia

Adolph John L. Baker Philad a

Rev. War Section.
October 29, 1914.
Mr. Joseph D. Bartle, 1,933 North Camac Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Sir:-
In response to your letter dated the 26 th instant you are advised that the papers in claim S. F. 42,697 David Edgar Revolutionary War fail to show the dates of his birth or enlistment, his age at enlistment, or any family data whatever.
For the date of his death or last payment of pension and name of person to whom it was paid, you should apply to the Auditor for the Interior Department U. S. Treasury Department, Washington D. C. giving the following data: David Edgar, ctf. 5, 570, issued January 23, 1819, at the rate of $8 per month, from January 18, 1819, under Act March 18, 1818, Penn. agency.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

that the papers in the claim S. 7. 42697, David Edgar, Rev War fail to show the date + place of soldier's birth; he was 67 years of age in 1819 as shown by Record sent you under date of Dec 3. 1913,
He died Jan 15. 1820 and it is not mentioned in S. 1 Cl. that he ever married

Return in Five Days to
1933 N. Camac St. Philada. Pa.
G. M. Raltzgeber, Esq. Commissioner of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.

FORREST F. DRYDEN, PRESIDENT JOHN K. GORE, VICE PRESIDENT AND ACTUARY WILBUR S. JOHNSON, 3D VICE PRES AND COMPTROLLER JACOB E. WARD, 2D VICE PRESIDENT EDWARD GRAY, 4TH VICE PRESIDENT WILLARD T. HAMILTON, SECRETARY
The Prudential Insurance Co. of America Home Office, Newark, N.J.
IN RE
OFFICE OF COMPANY AT
1933 N. Camac St
Philad a Pa 11/27
1913
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir,
My Great Grand-Father was a Soldier in the Revolutionary Army and when died he left two (2) sons, William and Charles Edgar. He had resided in Bucks County, Pa. I think Falls Township (of that I am not certain at this writing) I read from letters in my possession that Congress (I think in 1837) had passed an act that all the children of Revolutionary Soldiers shall be entitled to receive annually one half what their Father would have received if living. I would like to know

FORREST F. DRYDEN, PRESIDENT JOHN K. GORE, VICE PRESIDENT AND ACTUARY WILBUR S. JOHNSON, 3D VICE PRES. AND COMPTROLLER JACOB E. WARD, 2D VICE PRESIDENT EDWARD GRAY, 4TH VICE PRESIDENT WILLARD F. HAMILTON, SECRETARY
The Prudential Insurance Co. of America Home Office, Newark, N.J.
N RE
OFFICE OF COMPANY AT
191
if either my Grand Uncle or Grand Father ever applied for or received this pension. I believe that my Great Grand Father was dead at the time of the passage of the act of Congress.
My Great Grand Fathers first name was either John or David , I have forgotten which, but I could ascertain that if necessary from the Record of the Burial Ground.
Thanking you, I remain
Very Respectfully Yours
Joseph L. Bartle
1933 North Kamac St.
Philad a Pa.

FORREST F. DRYDEN, PRESIDENT
JOHN K. GORE, VICE PRESIDENT AND ACTUARY WILBUR S. JOHNSON, 2D VICE PRES. AND COMPTROLLER
EDWARD GRAY, 3D VICE PRESIDENT WILLARD T. HAMILTON, SECRETARY
EDWARD D. DUFFIELD, 4TH VICE PRES. AND GENERAL SOLICITOR
The Prudential
Insurance Co. of America Home Office, Newark, N.J.
IN RE Dania Edgar
OFFICE OF COMPANY AT
1933 N. Camac St Phila. Pa 10/26 1914
Prudential Life Ins. Co., 1933 N. Camac St. Phila.
J. M. Paltzgold, Esq.
Dear Sir,
Kindly inform me if possible from your records. How old Dania Edgar was when he enlisted at Phila. Pa. for service in the Revolutionary Army? His date of birth? His date of death? Did his widow survive him and if so, her name and was she a pensioner? This Dania Edgar was my maternal Great Grandfather. That is my reason for making these inquiries.
Very Truly Yours
Joseph A. Bartle 1933 N. Camac St. Phila. Pa.

FORREST F. DRYDEN, PRESIDENT
JOHN K. GORE, VICE PRESIDENT AND ACTUARY WILBUR S. JOHNSON, 2D VICE PRES. AND COMPTROLLER
EDWARD GRAY, 3D VICE PRESIDENT WILLARD F. HAMILTON, SECRETARY
EDWARD D. DUFFIELD, 4TH VICE PRES. AND GENERAL SOLICITOR
The Prudential
Insurance Co. of America Home Office, Newark, N.J.
IN RE Dania Edgar OFFICE OF COMPANY AT Revolutionary Soldiers
191
His Captain was John Lani's He was I believe a native of Bucks Co. Pa. at the time he enlisted at Phila. Pa. I do not know when he enlisted

42697 INVALID.
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File No.
David Edgar P. Rev. Mad
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: —Vol. 8, Page 125
[Arrangement of 1879.]
1913. Dec 3. Hint to Mr. Joseph D. Bartle. M.B.H.
1914. Oct 29: Mr. J. A. Bartle advised that papers fail to show dates of birth or enl. or family data. Referred to Census Det. Dpt. M.B.H.